Third Eye, Activation and basic usage
THIRD EYE
Activation and basic usage
Written by RenK. (Jler (kiwi@spiritweb.org) - Aug 10, 1995
Drawings by Lori E. Tostado (lorazz@crl.com)
Image manipulation by R.K.M$@M(Jler (kiwi@spiritweb.org)
As previously discussed in perception of subtle realms[6], we have physical
and non-physical senses, and both have their own area to serve us in how we
act. To go a step further, I would like to describe here an easy way to
activate the 3rd-eye, or the inner eye, in a passive way: looking and
perceiving.
Introduction
We are truely spirits, who occupy physical bodies to participate in physical
reality: without our bodies we couldn't be a part of it. We can consider the
physical body as a vehicle, or using a modern word, a craft.
Most spirits forget that they are truely spirits, spiritual beings. But how?
We get overwhelmed by a dimension we didn't experience before, we even
didn't know what time or space is, because as spirits we didn't experience
such a limiting reality as here. That's what the call was we heared, and
many couldn't reject its challenge. We entered by many adjustments, called
dimensional doors, until we were able to enter a human-body. What we call
taking birth, is a long prepared-for procedure. We finally enter and accept
the body, when we take birth. But then as babies we are in a period of time
where we leave and enter easily, as our vehicle is new for us and we aren't
yet so identified and addicted to it.
Growing up means the spirit learns to use the vehicle, we learn to walk,
even speak and behave in social conformity. This learning pulls our
attention to the physical senses, so better we learn to interpret the
signals, and better we operate with our physical body here.
We as spiritual beings naturally see, it's part of our nature. Seeing
through eyes, which means looking through two holes, but which serves us
with many fancy signals from a colorful toy, even TV or even WWW such as
here. We can refocus our inner eye away from the physical eyes. This is
called activation of third-eye, in a passive observing way.
Some of you maybe heard of or even experienced what is known as
Shape-Shifting or Mirror Gazing, looking at aspects of yourself. This is
one step of the usage of the third-eye. [IMAGE]
Pre-Stages of Third Eye Perceptions
Before I go ahead with my personal view on third-eye, let me describe some
pre-stages.
Most people have very very tiny particles in their eyes, and we usually
don't perceive them as our focus is most 1-2m in front of our eyes. But
in a very relaxed moment, we can focus very close to the physical eye
itself, and perceive some particles, which distort bright objects and
give a more colorful surrounding. This is a physical effect, not a subtle
perception.
Some people feel presences in the corner of their sight, and try by
turning their head, to catch the presence they felt. This can be a real
being, that is trying to get your attention. Your physical attention is
mainly in the center of your sight, in the corner your sight it gets less
focused, and sometimes your inner eye overlaps with the corner of your
physical sight. This perception tends to be a real subtle perception of
your third-eye.
Some of the spiritually-interested people have drug experiences, like
marijuana or cocaine, where some altered states of consciousness are
experienced. But the difference between using drugs (including legal ones
like alcohol) and the natural use of the non-physical senses is, that
drugs distort perception by removing the natural blockages which are
expressions our spiritual maturity and allowance. I personally do not
promote usage of drugs, even legal ones, to achieve altered states, as
it does indeed create more than just physical imbalances, but astral
distortions as well, which are more difficult to be healed.
I believe, that all people have third-eye experiences, but most people do
not pay attention to them, as their belief-systems simply reject these
experiences as real. A part of this text may help to make one become aware
of it again, and accept it as part of reality, and no longer para-normal,
but simply normal. [IMAGE]
Perparation and Training
One issue of preparation is, reading such an article about the third eye,
even your conscious mind catches a part of the concept. It's not meant to
make-up or even create a huge amount of expectation, but an openness, wordly
an open mind.
Here are some well known preparations, which you can practice to open and
prepare yourself. You can do it daily, or even weekly in circles, whatever
you prefer.
Take a candle, watch the flame for a period of time, let's say 1-2
minutes. try to think calming thoughts, try to feel the room you are in,
and feel comfortable with yourself. Don't stare until your eyes tear, but
simply watch the flame, and allow your thoughts to calm as your body does
too. Try to establish a meditative state, but different than a common
meditation: with open eyes.
If you have a pet, like a cat or dog, try to watch her or his eyes, and
relax and try to establish a deep peace in you. Pets usually reflect
humans' emotions and thoughts and therefore teach us our own inner peace
by sourrounding humans.
Watch your face in a mirror, try not to laugh or smile about the
ridicilous situation looking at yourself. Look at your face, in a kind of
distance, saying to yourself: That's now my face, it's part of myself, my
physical body, my vehicle. Try to watch your own face for 1-2 min. too,
with dimmed light if possible instead of bright light which might hurt
your eyes.
If you feel better in nature than in your own apartment, look for a
place where you feel totally calmed and relaxed, for example a lake, or
river. Try to achive a meditative state, but as mentioned, with open
eyes.
It's simply important, that you can calm with open eyes. It's much easier to
calm and relax yourself with closed eyes, when the visual influences are
disabled that distract our inner being, but for this procedure it's quite
helpful to reach the same state with open eyes. [IMAGE]
A Theoretical Background
As said before, you inhabit a physical body, which serves you with physical
senses, where the visual sense, our eyes, feed us with thousands of
electrical signals every second. It's no surprise that it's not well known
to look without physical eyes, especially in the technical times we live in
today, where everything has to be multimedia to get our attention.
Physical Eyes Only
[IMAGE]This is the most common case in western society. We are very
visually oriented, and our technically oriented attention and research
needs a high degree of ability to perceive physical reality in order to
change it as we did mainly with industrialization, as an example. An
additional thought you may find in Inner Realization vs. Technology[7]. I
may not go into that more, as today's world already says enough.
Physical Eyes and Inner Eye Overlap
[IMAGE]This is the issue I try to describe here in the entire text: the
physical eyes serve impressions of the physical reality to the inner eye,
which I indicate with the persence in the middle of the head (point of
presence), as I perceive and feel it. If your physical eyes get prepared
by yourself, and reduce the traffic of information, you slowly and partly
will watch through the inner eye, or third eye, which may give you
impressions beyond physical reality. The nature of this subtle picture is
different than the impressions of physical reality. More simply said,
physical pictures passed by the eye are real in the order of physicality,
and the pictures of the inner eye are real in the order of subtle
reality. To bring both together, that's the real issue. The understanding
of their correlations I only partly can share in this text, since this
is mainly achieved through practice.
Only Inner Eye
[IMAGE]This case is somewhat rare, and is only achieved with a lot of
practice and inner allowance. Giving up the attention to physical eyes is
dependent on a deep trust that there is more than physical reality, and
often there is a lot of fear involved, deep fear to lose any orientation
of physical reality, at least I experienced it that way, when I slowly
shifted away from my physical eyes too. I describe more about this below.
By the way, the issue of having open eyes is to make it easier to allow
becoming aware of the inner eye. Some people, even experienced spiritually
aware people prefer to see with closed physical eyes. In our strong
belief-system most of us use to define, that we only can see with open eyes.
Anyway, in this case I like to describe, it's easier to do it with open
eyes.
Somehow, this theoretical background is my chosen belief-system to
comprehend mentally the experiences I personally made. Take it as a personal
truth, not more. [IMAGE]
The Activation, Its Passive Usage
I suggest two prefered kinds of procedures to achieve the best results.
MIRROR WATCHING
A Single Person
This version is a further practice of one of the relaxation suggest
ions I made above:
[IMAGE]
Watch your face in a mirror, with dimmed light. Make sure you are a
lone, or you know that no one will interrupt you, as you have to slip
into a very relaxed state of consciousness, where any physical inter
ruption may affect you much much deeper. Choose maybe an evening, no
t a special time, but maybe after work, when you are perhaps already
a bit tired physical and mentally. If you feel really tired, don't
practice it or don't even urge or strain yourself to do it. Do it whe
n you feel comfortable, it's important you feel comfortable, there is
no competition to win or to constrain things. I say this, as I came
across people who constrained things mentally, and blocked themselves
with this urge.
Again, watch your face, relax yourself by a calming suggestion such
as, "I'm in peace within myself, I simply watch my face to calm and
find peace in me". Focus with your physical eyes on one point, betwee
n your eyes, forehead, or one single eye. Do not try to watch both ey
es, because it will make you move your sight.
Don't move with your sight or blink your eyes, because it's necessa
ry to allow your attention to move away from your physical eyes towa
rd your inner eye.
Choose a point on your face you focus, and don't change it anymore.
Remain on this point as long as possible, again don't constrain it,
if you feel not comfortable doing so. After some moments, maybe 30-60
secs and you are fully relaxed, you will feel an warmth on your back
, neck area. I do mention this, so that you simply get aware of your
energy. If you don't feel anything special, don't worry, don't expect
, but if you do feel it, know you are well underway.
The warmth is energy, which you attract by refocusing your attentio
n. You can say, it's a type of preparing energy from your spirit-guid
es, or beings helping you in your spiritual path, or simply perceive
it as presence of the good. It's not so important you know excatly wh
at it is, or who it is. If it feels comfortable, open yourself even m
ore. Imagine an inner door you open, while you still are looking at y
our face and this particular point.
After some moments you may see a short change in your own face, sta
rting at the point you are looking at. Don't awaite this, but be open
to allow it to happen. If you wait for it to happen with your mind t
o grab it, it will not happen.
You have to release the attention to watch with your physical eyes!
The change of your own face, is an overlapping picture which reach
es your consciousness, the one picture served from your physical eyes
will be smoothly overlapped like a slide by another face, another pr
esence. This face may be humanoid.
When this happens, breath slowly and surround yourself with the bes
t and most lightful energy that you can, and maybe close your eyes fo
r a moment to give your eyes some moisture and cleansing for your phy
sical eyes, as we are usually not experienced with having open eyes f
or 60 seconds or longer. Focus again on a point, maybe the same as be
fore, and relax your sight again as much as possible, and you will sl
ip very easily and faster until your face will change again.
[IMAGE]
If you see parts of someone else's face in yours, watch as an obser
ver, but only look, don't judge what you see, even if it's a beautifu
l or grotesque face, just look, just watch.
This entire procedure maybe shouldn't go for longer than 5-10 minut
es, and if you don't see anything after 2-3 minutes, stop it. Again,
no constraining, but allowance. Don't even judge yourself if nothing
happens the first time.
This Mirror Watching is a subset of the so-called Mirror Magick. In
this context, the mirror is generally used to focus the attention an
d will to make affirmations, for example, to call spirits, or even f
ocus on third eye.
WATCHING FACES, OR SHAPE SHIFTING
For Two Persons
This is the way I would prefer for most who have already some exper
iences with the mirror, even if they are just small and short snapsho
ts of other faces in your own.
Ask a friend, who is interested in energies, as well as meditation
and who you can openly share spiritual concepts with, without fearing
that he or she may laugh at you. Some basic knowledge of chakras may
be very good for both of you to know. Practice a relaxing meditation
, for 10-15 minutes, like surround yourself with light, and balance a
ll the trouble and distraction from your daily life.
Choose two chairs, and maybe a table with a small little candle in
the middle, but it's not especially necessary, it simply helps you to
relax better, and shifts the consciousness into a more relaxed state
. You could also sit on the ground, but make sure you are comfortable
, I can't repeat that enough. Keep about 1.5 to 2 meters distance bet
ween you and your friend. Make sure that there is no direct light, di
m any artificial light, or use a candle as mentioned.
[IMAGE]
Look at each other's face, choose one point in the face of each oth
er, either the nose, the point between the eyes, the forehead or what
ever. It's not important where you look with your physical eyes, it i
s important though that you relax your sight totaly. Even as said bef
ore, don't move your sight anymore when you have anchored your sight,
and don't blink anymore if possible. Every blink of your eye-lids br
ings your inner attention back to your physical eyes, so it is theref
ore important you allow your attention to move away from the physica
l sight by relaxing mentally as well as physically.
Breath deeply, and feel whether energy surrounds you, as in the exa
mple of warmth around your head, face or back of the neck. Warmth in
your face will indicate the energy the other one radiates by his or
hear third-eye; warmth on the back, upper part of body or even neck i
ndicates a coming presence entering your aura, attracted by the activ
ity.
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The moment you see something, speak out what you see ... relax agai
n and focus back until you see another face. Allow also your friend t
o focus, and maybe wait until he or she gets a glimpse of a change. A
gain, there is no competition to win, seeing something doesn't mean i
t's better. If it's happening fine, if it doesn't happen fine too. He
lp each other with patience. If it works easily, describe the face w
hile you see it.
At the beginning you maybe will have difficulties focus on one face
, as there may appear 10-15 different faces during a very few seconds
, as if you are watching a slide-show, but someone doesn't wait unti
l you can grasp its meaning. It's like you see, but you have to learn
to turn the channel smoothly, like a radio station. If there is a fa
ce, which attracts you, and you remember it well for that short time
, think of this face, and allow yourself deeply to move back to this
face, smoothly. It takes training to focus on one presence longer.
OTHER ACTIVATIONS
Crystal Sphere: This I didn't experienced myself, but it's just ano
ther way to relax the physical eyes, to move the attention to the inn
er eye. The crystal-sphere allows by its physical structure, to recog
nize no real pattern to begin to search astrally for connected presen
ces and energies. When watching faces, you go with a key, even the f
ace. The difference with the sphere, is you have to build within your
self a key, for what you are looking for.
Candle: The candle initiation I heard of, but I don't know exactly
how it's done. It seems, that the preparation technique of using a c
andle is used to reach a certain state of consciousness, where other
beings can be perceived in the flame. Often some kind of ceremonies
are involved to invoke spirits, who support the activation.
In case you know some of other procedures I may list here, drop me
a line by email.
If you are successful fast, practice as often as possible so you feel
comfortable - to make your conscious mind ready to allow you to perceive in
your daily-life with the inner eye as well, not just in a prepared
surrounding.
In case nothing happens, absolutly no feeling, no changing of the face,
your attention may be strictly on the physical, which is ok. I met a lot of
people hanging arround and partly rejecting their being on the physical, and
its better for them to ground themselves first beforehand, in order to train
psychic abilities such as this third-eye example. If the time is right, you
might come across other ways to train your subtle senses. Be open, and not
disappointed about yourself. [IMAGE]
Further Steps
When you practice Watching Faces or Shape Shifting weekly, and you get
skilled in focusing also during daily-light and moving faces, you may take
pictures, and focus on them.
Focus as described above, and form a key, to attract the connected energies
of the picture. This key is an inner question and thought-pattern which you
broadcast literally with your mind. It's different than channeling, as you
receive a picture related to the picture. It will tend to be a face too, but
not necessarily. If other face-forms appear, be open, don't judge or censor
them with your current belief-system.
Watch people's face around you. While you talk to them, watch their aspects
they keep, it will give you a glimpse of their bigger personality, that each
of us is. You may perceive aspects of somone's personality, that you may
connect with the concept of past-lives, or you might see a personality
aspect one is balancing in his or her present life.
Some hints about things you may experience when you are a bit skilled:
I get headache when doing this, what can I do?
Well, it's like you re-use something you haven't used
for a very long time, and your brain has problems
grasping all the information. It could be also, that
you have an energy-blockage in the third-eye chakra.
Try putting one hand on your heart-chakra, and the
other one on the forehead, then change with the one
hand from your forehead to back of your head. It may
help. Especially after the first time you watch with
third-eye you may experience a headache the next day
or so, but it shouldn't be heavy headache.
There are a lot of faces, what does that mean?
This person is dealing with a lot of personality
aspects, which may be perceived in a spiritual manner
as entities in her or his aura. I tend to remain in
silence and not share this perception, as I made the
experience that it does disturb the person even more
than help her. Maybe mention the major impression of
all faces, for example fear, or not being respected.
Support this person with words of understanding and
suggestions of integration of the so-called denied
aspects of her or himself. People who tend to judge
themselves being unworthy tend to have a lot of faces
of sadness, or beings in their auras which have
distorted looks of accidents or sickness when they
left their bodies, and now had found an embodied
being, who shares the same view of him or herself.
It's a symbiotic relationship of sympathy, not a case
to judge.
I see freaky and ugly faces, what does it mean?
Freaky faces tend to be associated with mentally
unsteady people, who have no focus, and tend to be
attracted by everything which seems to give them
something. Ugly faces, there you have to distinguish
very carefully, sometimes there are past-lives coming
through, where other kinds of beauty counted in
society that may not be like today. Sometimes, with
people who are afraid of getting fat, you may see very
fat faces. Understand that they fear to repeat this
again, and have a difficult connection with their
bodies.
How do I know, whether it's a being, or a past-life?
Generally speaking, you see associated energies. Your
inner knowledge will allow you to understand the
bigger picture. Non-balanced past-lives, which someone
rejects inside, appear as another being in his or her
aura, or even attract like-minded bounded entities.
Don't define it according your current belief-system,
where past-lives are a part too, maybe read
Reincarnation and The Self[8] for some additional
understanding or suggestions. I personaly need to use
some time (from minutes, hours, even months), before
I'm able to sort out all the impressions I've gotten
and understand within me, when I watched with the
third-eye to someone before.
There is no other face, but the same just a bit younger. What does it mean?
I personally only saw one single person, where I
shifted my focus and watched with my third-eye, and
the face didn't change, but got bright and more
intense in appearance than the physical view I had
before. When I tried to find out what it did mean, I
received the hint, that this person indeed has
intergrated all aspects of himself, and that this
person is to become complete, self-realized.
I can't watch animal faces, what now?
It takes some experience to do this. I did it with our
dog and saw a similar dog in him, but I couldn't get
any more impressions. Once I tried with our hare, and
he had no face, but he turned into a bright glowing
white ball ... it touched me so deeply, I can't
describe here in words. It made me remember the
divinity of all creatures.
Is it for sure that the things I see are connected to the person?
Yes, and to you too. You look with the key-pattern of
the other person's face into the pool of all patterns.
The more skilled you are, the deeper the patterns you
will get. Every piece of information is given to you
in understanding. You may experience also some cases,
where you are not permitted to get information. You
will feel or even listen to your spirit-guides, who
are always involved in the moment you watch with your
third-eye. The more open you are, the more universal
information you can access. If you have a strong
belief-system, the more you limit yourself in order to
understand the things you perceive.
When meditating it's said not to drink alcohol or eat meat, the same for
third-eye watching?
Well, alcohol affects the solar-plexus very much, as
well as the throat chakra where a part of the subtle
energy of the alcohol gets absorbed. In the case of
meat, especially raw meat, it does attract beings who
have experienced the same death. Check out by watching
a slaugtherhouse with the third-eye, and you will know
what I mean. As most of us are opening and starting to
use the charkas consciously, you might try to reduce
any possible influence which might distort your
perception.
To whom I may share this third-eye activation?
Everyone you feel might be open, and understand its
meaning. Those who are not able to handle it, will not
able to see. The only additional thing I may say is,
don't play with it, but use it to bring understanding
of the subtle reality into this world.
This is so far some of the common issues I came across when I showed people
how to watch with the third-eye. If you have some experiences with it you
think I should add here, let me know too. [IMAGE]
Advanced States
LUCID SIGHT
A further step in looking with the third-eye, I call Lucid Sight. I
experienced it a few times, and so far haven't read anything about i
t. I only once listened to a professional psychic who saw my spirit-g
uardians and described their appearance, and I honestly doubted that
she saw them. Some time later, when I trained my third-eye a bit more
and I saw light-beings, I knew she possibly was right in the way sh
e saw them.
If you are focusing on the person, and you move away from the face,
for example to the outline, and you start to see the dull milky aura
of the person, you even have to let go more of your watching with th
e physical eyes. You slip into a trance like state, but you are fully
conscious, your mind is totally passive, observing, a very peaceful
state. Slowly the entire surrounding begins glowing by itself, not o
nly the person you looking at, but the wall, and all things standing
arround.
When I remained in this state, my sight got expanded, not fully sph
erical 360 degrees, but maybe 240 degrees, as I could see things behi
nd my shoulders glowing, and I felt, how I literally gave up watching
with my physical eyes, as I no longer had stereoscopic view, but one
intensive looking and feeling of living energy in the entire room I
was sitting in.
You will see glowing smoke like dancing energies, and you will see
your own aura or energy flooding your sight, and everything will get
brighter and brighter without any need for artificial light. You mig
ht be able to see light-beings standing or being present in the room,
or maybe just a human-like outline, which becomes a glowing presenc
e of light, who are assiting you and the people who gathered for the
session.
You can read a related text from Robert Hay, Spirits, and the Spiri
t World[9].
OUT OF BODY EXPERIENCE (OBE)
A further state of Lucid Sight is, your sight expands to full spher
ical 360 degrees, and you feel you are in the middle of your head (po
int of presence), and then, if you are fully centered in your being,
you leave your body fully conscious and you feel you're watching li
ke a bee, you feel very small and the room will getting huge, and yo
u will see everything in spherical 360 degree view.
Charles Goldmann wrote in his OBE, Spiritualist Technique[10]: "...
one phase of mediumship, which is called 'traveling clairvoyance' is
the out of body state. "Where the medium is conscious of leaving th
e body, and in that state views the surroundings, we use the term 't
raveling clairvoyance."
I honestly have to say, that I always faced a deep fear when I reac
hed this state, and I just move a bit out of my head, and slipped imm
ediatly back inside in the middle of my head, but I could keep lookin
g nearly 360 degrees. As said, it's a very very peaceful state, someh
ow, as reality is then even more real, more vivid.
I will write later about other approaches to achieve an out-of-body
state[11] more active.
Active Using
Well, that's all that is passivly meant, above. There are many different
intensities to use third-eye in conscious active way.
VISUALIZING
A lot of teachings of visualization are done today, in meditation c
ircles, OBE interested groups, uand now modern management teachings.
You manifest with the third-eye, and with the force of the heart and
base chakra. If you visualize, you pull astral and etheric energies t
oward you, where you act as modeller.
Managers: They visualize activly, and ground themselves with the 1s
t base chakra to be able estimate the success of the business, then
achieve a business and company that flourishes: "Your success is of y
our own creation". Today managers are kind of half-aware yogis, who
manifest things with material energy called money. But often spiritua
lly aware people judge those, who are deep in materialism, but those
spirits simply learn to handle energy here, and are often overwhelm
ed by its usage.
Artists: They usually perceive more, and control with the third-eye
and physical eyes the transformation of the higher-dimensional patte
rns into matter (the picture). For example, a very intense picture d
rawn by an artist has a physical appearance, and an astral aspect as
well, and if the artist was balanced when he or she drew it, we fee
l it and it does deeply touch us. One of those cultures that was con
scious of this connection was the Egyptian culture with its hierogl
yphs, which indeed are more than physical symbols.
Scientists/Engineers: As partly described in the text about spacesh
ips[12] (discussing conscious and unconscious creation of spacecraft
s), scientists act as visualizers too, especially when they have to m
ake theoretical research available for industry. Making a plan, then
drawing symbols to make other people aware of to create a physical th
ing, is mainly based on the ability to transform higher realities int
o the limited physical reality.
Again, everything we affect, may it be cooking, painting a wall, si
gning a contract, driving a car or riding a bicycle, has an astral as
pect, which is more real than the physical aspect. The connection of
both is the secret of every success.
FULL ACTIVATION
The full activation of the third-eye with the kundalini is a major
step, which needs to be assisted by a teacher or guru. I'm not espec
ially a follower of guru-ism, but I honestly have to say, without gu
idance of an experienced embodied teacher or a full-conscious remembr
ance of a past-life you where received the teaching already, it's not
good to do so.
As long as the third-eye is somehow isolated in use, there is less
to achieve. For example, the moment you also open other chakras to pe
rceive the subtle reality, you not only get pictures, but feelings an
d emotion which may help much much more to understand these impressio
ns. The same for the active usage, if you work consciously with base-
charka (full acceptance of incarnation, fully grounded), and the hear
t-charka, and the crown as well (acceptance of a higher purpose of yo
ur life), you may indeed experience miracles.
Anyway, full activation of the third-eye is connected to the full b
alance of all other chakras, which is the kundalini, which finally le
ads to the true enlightment of an embodied spirit. There is no short
-cut possible to being fully balanced in yourself . . .
I will add later some affirmations for the active usage.
Comments from the readers ...[13]
So far, those are my thoughts on the third-eye, and some associated
subjects. Take it as a personal view and belief-system, and if you think it
serves you, fine. If it's too far away from your own reality, fine too.
Everyone lives a life, and every life is different hopefully!
I will update this text infrequently. [IMAGE]
Peace,
RenK. M$@M(Jler (kiwi@spiritweb.org)
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Comments
Here some comments I received on this the text above:
3rd eye (my own opinion)[14] (Lori Tostado)
Message On The Third Eye[15] (Chuck Goldmann)
3RD EYE (MY OWN OPINION)
Lori E. Tostado (lorazz@crl.com), July 30, 1995
When I first experienced the third-eye viewing of another person shifting,
it was when Rene showed this technique to me. It was the first time I had
consciously tried such a thing. What I saw was like a shadow appearing
superimposed over his face, that I could see when I did not try to focus
too hard and was really open without much expectation. First I saw his
face start to look like he was wearing glasses (though he does not) and it
was as if he was a professor. It reminded me of pictures I had seen of
English professors from maybe before the 1930's or so. I was also feeling
a slight pressure in my forehead, and I felt very sleepy. Later, I saw his
face seem to shift into a lion! The image was like a shadow of a lion's
head over Rene's face.
About a month later I was at a meeting where a woman whose seminars and
channelings I often attend, Paula Peterson, was channeling a being who said
he was an ancient Mayan. It was so interesting because I could really see
(third-eye kind) this being superimposed over her whole body as a shadow of
what looked to me to be an ancient Mayan shaman. I have also seen these
"shadows" when I have been channeling too, when I was being shown something
during the channeling. (see Channeling, Method for Self Discovery and
Healing[16]).
I have seen some auras around people and things at times, when my perception
was open to the experience, usually as a white light around the person, and
maybe once or twice I've seen some colors in the aura. Usually I'm so
surprised I lose my concentration, but it's not too hard to get the
impressions back.
I have not had the experience (yet) of being able to see faces or beings
become "light" in my third-eye viewings. But I have only been consciously
doing this now for a few months, and I'm sure with more practice and with
releasing limited beliefs, I'll be able to see more.
One thing I have learned about is how being in a very relaxed and somewhat
meditative state does to your brain waves. Your brain frequency slows down
from its usual beta "awake" state, into the alpha range, and when you get
to that point that is just between being asleep and awake, your brain goes
into the theta state, which is very receptive to other states of reality
that you don't perceive when you are in the beta state. Lucid dreaming[17]
is one of the things you can have while in the theta state. For most of
us, this brain-wave range of theta is rather difficult to get into and stay
for any length of time since we don't practice going there much in western
society since it is not considered "real"...it's more considered a dream
state, not "reality." In my opinion, western society is wrong about this.
All forms of experience are real to the person that perceives it, no matter
if it was in our reality or realm of perception or not. The theta state is
a doorway into other realms of reality. Third-eye viewing can occur most
easily when our brain waves are in the frequency of theta (and alpha to a
certain extent.)
I think that I was in the alpha state when I was seeing the shadows
superimposed over Rene and Paula, as I felt relaxed and receptive at those
times. I think I was going into the theta state when I felt sleepy and I
would see something about Rene's face but I would lose it since I could not
keep myself in that state. It is also sometimes hard to remember what you
experience when you are in the theta state, because it puts us in touch
with part of our subconsious that not very many people have integrated into
their waking consiousness yet.
One way I've recently discovered of how you can practice getting yourself
into theta state that is an alternative to the discipline of meditation[18]
(meditation is something I have a hard time with) is listening to music
that has beat frequencies that are in the range of theta waves. Then when
you listen to it and relax, your brain will begin to get into that same
frequency through a process called entrainment. It works on the same
principle as striking a tuning fork and placing it next to another tuning
fork (of the same frequency) that has not been struck. The other tuning
fork will begin to vibrate and sound the note through entrainment. (There
is more to it than this and it deals with the physics of harmonics which I
won't get into. There are plenty of books about this.)
Tibetan and quartz crystal bowls, when rubbed with a mallet, can create the
kind of beat frequency that can alter your brain-wave state through
entrainment. I have a tape which uses some of these instruments and nature
sounds to create music to entrain your brain into the theta state. It is
quite an interesting experience. This one is called "Brainwave Suite" and
it is sold at regular music stores (at least in the US it is.)
These are just some ideas that may help if you like to try to develop your
third-eye, from someone who is just starting out.
Lori Tostado
Lorazz@CRL.com[19]
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MESSAGE ON THE THIRD EYE
Charles Goldman (cgoldman@execpc.com), 1 Aug 1995
Rene,
As I sat down to write a short essay on the Third Eye, the following
channeled message began in my inner hearing. It was delivered sentence by
sentence as it appears, without editing. If you want it, you have my
permission to use it on your WWW site.
Your Friend
Chuck Goldman
MESSAGE ON THE THIRD EYE
It is often that we hear of people wishing that their third eye was
open, well it is. There is nothing unusual about making the third eye stay
open. It is through an act of will that the third eye will do what you want
it to.
The third eye is basic to all spiritual work. It is the heart of the
matter. The third eye can communicate what you need to know about the
aspects of your life which are hidden to you. It is the center through which
you see the world and others in it. Without the third eye there would be all
pervading spiritual darkness about you.
The best way to keep the third eye open is to make sure that you
have enough energy going through it from the chakra directly beneath it.
Actually, most of the energy which is moving through the third eye
center has to come from your heart. This is where what is seen, heard,
felt, touched, is absorbed by the inner self and given a final okay. It is
there where you find the Golden gate, or doorway to all other chakric doors.
If this median point is not clear, nor can your third eye be clear and
insightful. The heart is a river through which all time flows. The river
comes up from within through the other energy centers beneath it. The
physical world is tied to the spiritual world here.
So if you are working on unblocking your third eye chakra, it is
well to learn to clean up those actions which block the aura in the heart
also.
The third eye can bring meaning to life. It is divided into
quarters, each one blending with a specific shade or color within the aura.
So a healthy third eye chakra has the appearance of a glittering jewel,
composed not only of brilliant violet blue, but also of red, green, yellow
and orange.
To hold an object in one's mind means that it is being held in the
quadrant of this chakra which pertains to visualization. It is here that we
compose individual images for our creation purposes.
We call these images day-dreams, but they are really open doorways
through which you can manipulate or change the flow of energy, and therefore
events which are happening to you.
To change what you perceive in the visualization quadrant of this
chakra means that it will have a lasting effect on the subtle body's energy
field. To cause a change in the energy field means that working
relationships of patterns of energy have also changed. Color plays a role in
this. To color an image with what you wish to get, or to give the image a
corresponding coloration.
To color an image with blue means you want to relax the tension of
that physical expression to which the image is attached. To color it with a
particular shade of red brings concreteness of various kinds.
Red brings the healing ray to outworn or stale relationships, by
giving those kindred spirits a bolstering of kundalini energy from the first
chakra.
You may have to work hard at developing this chakra, which is the
occultist's favorite. It may be impossible to reach the quality of
expression that this chakra deems possible. But this third eye chakra steers
us forever upward, for its tendency is to seek for knowledge in the higher,
or crown chakra through which it is located.
The lower quadrant, to the left and right of the third eye chakra
are for hearing, and the relationship of appearances. An eighth of this
energy is blue on the left side and another eighth is blue on the right.
These are connected to hearing, and the spiritual hearing of the inner ears.
A clairvoyant both hears and sees on the spiritual planes. So the work of
this chakra concerns the planes of existence where spirit is working as the
primary method of manifestation. The blue of this hearing energy, emanates
from the chakra just below it, known as the throat chakra, and through which
the manifestation of sound has its basis of perception.
The third eye chakra can be attuned to in the following way. You
must first sit comfortably and concentrate your mind on the place within
where your daydreams occur. This may be impossible for certain individuals
who are visually impaired. In which case, do the following, sense the area
around the third eye, and breathe in to the count of four, hold to the count
of two, out - four - hold two, until a sensation is reached within the
vicinity of the third eye. Charge up this chakra, until you feel it
comfortably energized. Notice the sensations now occurring, and that they
are not the same ones as before you started this exercise.
Now for those whose sight is not impaired, but who are earnest
seekers of divine knowing. Take several deep breaths and relax. Sit in
loosely comfortable clothes, never tight, especially around the neck or
collar. Leaning into your third eye chakra with your consciousness, hold
onto whatever images are seen. Giving them no credence whatsoever. Change
over the surrounding energy field to a pure black. This is an erasure
technique.
From this point on recount to yourself any images that you may see,
beginning with the black space. The more clear your images are, means the
more energized your chakra is. This procedure can be done alone in a
protected environment, or in a group setting, for shared visionary
experience. This means you share your images with the other members of your
group, or circle.
This practice will aid you in the development of clairvoyance,
clairaudience and clairsentience. It will afford you an opportunity to
perceive on a new plane of existence. One to which you will eventually
return. It will also help you to better understand and guide yourself
through the daily foibles of life.
Charles Goldman
[orig] http://zeta.cs.adfa.oz.au/Spirit/third-eye.html